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Women’s Leadership Alliance awards first scholarship

The �� Women’s Leadership Alliance proudly announces Michaela Dohleman, from Pontiac, Illinois as the first recipient of a $1,200 award from the Women’s Leadership Alliance Scholarship stablished in October 2017. Loras offers a wide variety of scholarships and awards with 100 percent of all incoming students receiving institutional aid. More

Loras Garners National Accolades

The �� community continues to receive recognition on a national scale. In just the last two months, the College was included in rankings from Money Magazine, Forbes Magazine, and College Consensus. More

�� officially raises nearly $106 million during largest fundraising effort

Loras officially raised $105.6 million, surpassing its goal of $100 million, during its Inspiring Lives & Leadership campaign. It’s the largest and most successful fundraising effort in the college’s 178-year history. More

�� ranked 13th Best Regional College: Midwest by U.S. News and World Report

�� has been named the 13th Best Regional College in the Midwest – a 12-state region – according to the 2018 U.S. News Best Colleges rankings released Tuesday. Loras also ranked ninth in Best Value and first in Best Colleges for Veterans in Midwest. More

�� Women’s Leadership Alliance establishes scholarship

�� and its Women’s Leadership Alliance announce the establishment of the Women’s Leadership Alliance Scholarship. The organization began raising funds for the scholarship in May, with an anonymous donor recently offering to match new donations dollar-for-dollar up to $7,500. More

�� a MONEY Magazine ‘Best College’

��, a four-year Catholic liberal arts college, is ranked fourth out of Iowa’s seventeen private, nonprofit colleges that made MONEY magazine's 2017 Best Colleges For Your Money list. More

Campaign a Success: Final Total Exceeds Challenge Goal

The Inspiring Lives & Leadership Campaign, with a challenge goal of $100 million, was officially completed on August 31, 2017. As of that date, it had far exceeded the goal, raising a historic nearly $106 million.". More

Dubuque Racing Association

�� was recently awarded a $10,000 grant from the Dubuque Racing Association. The funds will support the creation of a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) innovation laboratory in the St. Joseph Hall of Science. More

�� 11th among ‘disability friendly’ schools

�� ranks 11th among the 50 Best Disability Friendly Colleges and Universities, according to College Choice, a publication that reviews and rates the nation’s colleges and universities to help students find the right school. More

Loras receives $99,991 grant from National Endowment for Humanities

�� receives a $99,991 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).. The funds will spur an undergraduate program entitled “Building Ecoliteracy: A General Education Track in Sustainability” and will cover development of the program’s four courses that share the theme of sustainability and ecoliteracy. More

�� students earn Champions of Service Award

�� Dance Marathon (LCDM) supports local families whose children have been treated at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital. LCDM has earned the Champions of Service Award during a ceremony at the college marking the countrywide Mayor and County Recognition Day for National Service. More

�� receives $15,000 to support internships

�� was recently awarded a $15,000 grant from the Dr. Scholl Foundation. This award will support the Dr. Scholl Internship Away Scholarship Program. More